auto sleep mode not working in Windows 10

Hi all,

From the time I installed Windows 10 I've had problems with auto sleep
mode. When I first installed and set it up like I had in Windows 8.1
it would work for a couple of days and then quit. I've always been
able to do it manually in 10 but now it will not automatically go into
sleep mode as programmed.

As I understand it under Windows 10 all updates are automatically
downloaded to my computer and when the computer is acting will be
installed and restarted so if a password is necessary it can be
entered by the operator.

I have a suspicion that Microsoft is using this method to test Windows
10 on as many computers as they can to ferret out the problems. Just a
guess.

Be that as it may I still cannot get Windows 10 to automatically go
into sleep mode. It goes in sleep mode manually and stays there and I
have a cloning app that does its thing at 2 AM while it is in sleep
mode so sleep mode is not affecting it.

Windows 10 (build 10240)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 8/6/2015 6:33:33 AM
Boot Mode: Legacy BIOS in UEFI (Secure Boot not
supported)

3.60 gigahertz Intel Core i7-4790K
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Hyper-threaded (8 total)

Board: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z97-PRO Rev 1.xx
Serial Number: 141134426100449
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
UEFI: American Megatrends Inc. 2012 09/30/2014

I'm in the process of updating the bios but I'm a little reluctant to
do so if it is not necessary. I found out that there is an update for
the motherboard but I'd rather not cross that bridge until I have to
:-(.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Albert wrote:

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

I've not had to tinker with it for quite a while, but you might discover
something using

powercfg /waketimers

powercfg /lastwake

powercfg /requests

probably need to run in an elevated cmd window

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:35:52 +0000, Andy Burns
wrote:

Albert wrote:

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

I've not had to tinker with it for quite a while, but you might discover
something using

powercfg /waketimers

powercfg /lastwake

powercfg /requests

probably need to run in an elevated cmd window


Thanks for the input but most of the above is quite a bit over my
head.

But I stumbled across this about an hour ago and I think it's taking
care of but I'm going to wait a couple of days before I'm sure.

I went into, Control Panel, Power Options, (I'm using power saver)
click on Change plan settings, open Change advanced power settings, in
Allow hybrid sleep, set to "OFF". As of now auto sleep is working as I
sit it Is up. :-) Keeping my fingers crossed.

I googled the difference between "hibernation" and "Sleep Mode" and it
pointed out that hybrid sleep was a combination of the two and I found
that it was on so I turned it off. If this will help others

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 13:27:40 -0700, Albert
wrote:

Power Options
Advanced settings

-Sleep
Sleep after
Settings: 15 Minutes
Allow hybrid sleep
Settings: Off
Hibernate after
Settings: Never
Allow wake timers
Settings: Enable

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 10:27:28 -0700, Albert
wrote:

Hi all,

From the time I installed Windows 10 I've had problems with auto sleep
mode. When I first installed and set it up like I had in Windows 8.1

Hi,
my Computer with Build 10240 had the same Problem. After upgrading to
Build 10586.36 everything was fixed.

Bernie

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 08:57:08 +0100, Bernie Sterzenbach
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 10:27:28 -0700, Albert
wrote:

Hi all,

From the time I installed Windows 10 I've had problems with auto sleep
mode. When I first installed and set it up like I had in Windows 8.1

Hi,
my Computer with Build 10240 had the same Problem. After upgrading to
Build 10586.36 everything was fixed.

Bernie

How did you upgrade to Build 10586.36? So far I haven't had any
choices.

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:01:48 -0700, Albert
wrote:

my Computer with Build 10240 had the same Problem. After upgrading to
Build 10586.36 everything was fixed.

Bernie

How did you upgrade to Build 10586.36? So far I haven't had any
choices.

Just THREE threads above this one, there is a thread
"where is 10586.36". The answer to your question is in that thread !!

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:01:48 -0700, Albert
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 08:57:08 +0100, Bernie Sterzenbach
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 10:27:28 -0700, Albert
wrote:


How did you upgrade to Build 10586.36? So far I haven't had any
choices.

I got an iso-image from Microsoft.

Bernie

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:34:28 +1100, Monty wrote:

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:01:48 -0700, Albert
wrote:

my Computer with Build 10240 had the same Problem. After upgrading to
Build 10586.36 everything was fixed.

Bernie

How did you upgrade to Build 10586.36? So far I haven't had any
choices.

Just THREE threads above this one, there is a thread
"where is 10586.36". The answer to your question is in that thread !!

Well, I tried
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...d/windows10ISO

Started yesterday afternoon I let the computer do it's thing and this
is the results.
Windows 10 (build 10240)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 12/22/2015 8:42:44 AM
Boot Mode: Legacy BIOS in UEFI

So maybe the 10586.36 build is not made for PC???

On 12/22/2015 8:26 AM, Albert wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:34:28 +1100, Monty wrote:

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:01:48 -0700, Albert
wrote:

my Computer with Build 10240 had the same Problem. After upgrading to
Build 10586.36 everything was fixed.

Bernie

How did you upgrade to Build 10586.36? So far I haven't had any
choices.

Just THREE threads above this one, there is a thread
"where is 10586.36". The answer to your question is in that thread !!

Well, I tried
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...d/windows10ISO

Started yesterday afternoon I let the computer do it's thing and this
is the results.
Windows 10 (build 10240)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 12/22/2015 8:42:44 AM
Boot Mode: Legacy BIOS in UEFI

So maybe the 10586.36 build is not made for PC???

I had the same problem. No matter what I did, I always got 10240.
The fix was to download the media creation tool again.
Then, it got 10586.

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:00:20 -0800, mike wrote:

On 12/22/2015 8:26 AM, Albert wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:34:28 +1100, Monty wrote:

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:01:48 -0700, Albert
wrote:

my Computer with Build 10240 had the same Problem. After upgrading to
Build 10586.36 everything was fixed.

Bernie

How did you upgrade to Build 10586.36? So far I haven't had any
choices.

Just THREE threads above this one, there is a thread
"where is 10586.36". The answer to your question is in that thread !!

Well, I tried
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...d/windows10ISO

Started yesterday afternoon I let the computer do it's thing and this
is the results.
Windows 10 (build 10240)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 12/22/2015 8:42:44 AM
Boot Mode: Legacy BIOS in UEFI

So maybe the 10586.36 build is not made for PC???

I had the same problem. No matter what I did, I always got 10240.
The fix was to download the media creation tool again.
Then, it got 10586.

I've tried since you posted this and today I tried it once more in
this is what was written across the webpage.

The Windows 10 Media Creation Tool no longer has the November build
10586 files [Update]

On 12/26/2015 7:41 PM, Ken1943 wrote:
http://www.windowscentral.com/window...ovember-update


Ken1943

I don't know who owns windowscentral.com, but I'd suggest going directly to
microsoft.
Hard to tell when that link was created, but the responses are
over a month ago when that was happening.

I don't know if the links work when you move off the MS site,
but here's one that should work
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209

if not, google media creation tool and get it from MICROSOFT,
not some arbitrary link to some arbitrary website.
My MCT got me a 10586 disk.

On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 20:09:30 -0800, mike wrote:

On 12/26/2015 7:41 PM, Ken1943 wrote:
http://www.windowscentral.com/window...ovember-update


Ken1943

I don't know who owns windowscentral.com, but I'd suggest going directly to
microsoft.
Hard to tell when that link was created, but the responses are
over a month ago when that was happening.

I don't know if the links work when you move off the MS site,
but here's one that should work
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209

Well, I've downloaded and installed from the above URL twice now and
the only change to my Windows 10 (each time) was that I had several
Microsoft Word document's saved on my desktop and it changed the
shortcuts to WordPad both times. And both times I had to change it
back manually.

if not, google media creation tool and get it from MICROSOFT,
not some arbitrary link to some arbitrary website.
My MCT got me a 10586 disk.

Now when I go into Settings,Updates & Security, and open "View your
update history" it tells me I have no updates. Now, below that it has
"Get Insider builds". What is that all about, is that where I can be
able to get it?

Albert wrote:
On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 20:09:30 -0800, mike wrote:

On 12/26/2015 7:41 PM, Ken1943 wrote:
http://www.windowscentral.com/window...ovember-update


Ken1943

I don't know who owns windowscentral.com, but I'd suggest going directly to
microsoft.
Hard to tell when that link was created, but the responses are
over a month ago when that was happening.

I don't know if the links work when you move off the MS site,
but here's one that should work
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209

Well, I've downloaded and installed from the above URL twice now and
the only change to my Windows 10 (each time) was that I had several
Microsoft Word document's saved on my desktop and it changed the
shortcuts to WordPad both times. And both times I had to change it
back manually.

if not, google media creation tool and get it from MICROSOFT,
not some arbitrary link to some arbitrary website.
My MCT got me a 10586 disk.

Now when I go into Settings,Updates & Security, and open "View your
update history" it tells me I have no updates. Now, below that it has
"Get Insider builds". What is that all about, is that where I can be
able to get it?

When I click this link (from above), I am offered
a copy of MediaCreationTool. Is that what you got ?

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209

MediaCreationTool is a tool used to download a copy
of the OS, for placement on a USB key or on a
DVD (or as an ISO9660 file). The MediaCreationTool
should handle the download, and make sure the
checksum is correct.

If the machine you are on is running WinXP or Linux,
then you cannot use MediaCreationTool, and the web
page may give you a direct link to a download.
If you use the direct link, there is a probability
the download will be corrupted (due to the way
the server has been modified).

When you install the copy of Windows 10 on that
DVD, by running the setup.exe off the disc, it
will do an Upgrade install, and take you to
the version of that DVD.

In the process, some of your preferences or settings
you made, may get changed/reset.

*******

"Get Insider builds" is for people who did not
activate their OS the regular way, and they
availed themselves of the Insider Previews
before the release of 10240 took place. I have
a copy of Win10 here, which is the Insider version,
and I didn't use any qualifying OS for the
purpose. So it didn't need Win7SP1 or Win8.1
as a qualifying OS. But on the other hand, it's
a Preview version, and not considered the "regular"
OS. So there can be differences between that Preview,
and the release stream.

You would only tick "Get Insider builds", if that
was how your OS got activated in the first place.
If instead, you offered it a qualifying OS, which
generates a "digital entitlement" license key on
the Microsoft server, then I don't see a good reason
to be using Insider builds. You want the slightly
more stable release builds instead.

Your Update history will likely get reset after
an Upgrade Install. Whether you are going from
10240 to 10586 or 10586 to 11082, the update history
is likely to be scrubbed, as these OS upgrades
are similar to Service Packs.

Clean install = boot the computer using the DVD, and install
Upgrade install = boot the hard drive, run setup.exe off the DVD
The Upgrade install keeps your programs and files.
(The Upgrade install can also be run from
a Windows Update downloaded image.)

*******

If you have any question about the install, the latest
one I think, puts the release number in the lower right
hand corner of the screen. Not all releases have done
that, but I think 10586 might.

When you download a 3.5GB ISO9660 file, in the
Sources directory you will find "install.wim".
If you run this command, it'll tell you the version.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/chnylen/a...with-dism.aspx

(In an elevated administrator cmd.exe Command Prompt...)

Dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:F:\Sources\install.wim /Index:1

And that gives

Index : 1 --- Index 1 is Pro, Index 2 is Home/Core (two images on this DVD)
Name : Windows 10 Pro Technical Preview
Description : Windows 10 Pro Technical Preview
Size : 13,905,900,578 bytes
WIM Bootable : No
Architecture : x64
Hal : undefined
Version : 10.0.10586 ----- The OS version of the DVD
ServicePack Build : 0
ServicePack Level : 0
Edition : Professional
Installation : Client
ProductType : WinNT
ProductSuite : Terminal Server
System Root : WINDOWS
Directories : 19312
Files : 98317
Created : 10/30/2015 - 4:27:01 AM
Modified : 10/30/2015 - 4:27:37 AM
Languages : en-US (Default)

HTH,
Paul